HomeMy WebLinkAbout10 - Affordable Housing Loan Agreement to American Family Housing for the Travelodge North Homekey Project at 1400 Bristol Street, Costa Mesa - CorrespondenceOrange County United Way
December 9, 2024
TO:
Mayor and City Council Members,
City of Newport Beach
Received after Agenda Printed
December 10, 2024
Item No. 10
18012 Mitchell South 949.660.7600
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RE: Support for Travelodge North Homekey Project - Agenda Item 10
Orange County United Way writes today to express our support for the Travelodge
North Homekey Project with American Family Housing that is under consideration
for funding support. This development will contribute high -quality Permanent
Supportive Housing (PSH) to help end our county's homelessness crisis as part of the
Homekey strategy.
This development is meeting a crucial and growing need in our community for an
extremely vulnerable population and would deliver 78 units for people who have
experienced homelessness. It also serves as an example of incredible collaboration
between your city, the City of Costa Mesa, and the County of Orange in bringing
housing solutions to reality.
In 2018, the Orange County United Way launched United to End Homelessness, a
powerful collaboration among Orange County's top business, philanthropic,
government, faith -based, and non-profit leaders committed to ending homelessness
and ensuring housing and services are available for every individual who may need
them. United to End Homelessness has been an influential voice in advocating for
housing as the solution to end homelessness, and OCUW has always supported and
maintained that affordable, stable housing is the building block to success.
Thank you for your support of this development and others in your city. We are
grateful to you for your courage and willingness to improve the lives of those in -need
in our community.
Sincerely,
Susan B. Parks
President & CEO
WE FIGHT FOR THE EDUCATION, HEALTH, HOUSING AND
FINANCIAL STABILITY OF EVERY PERSON IN ORANGE COUNTY.